British companies are struggling to get staff after Brexit

04:09 06.10.2017

The previous month surge in the number of employees hired in Great Britain via recruitment agencies decreased and tumbled in London for the first time in almost a year because Brexit makes it harder for UK companies to hire staff, as a poll disclosed on Friday.

The IHS Markit/Recruitment and Employment Confederation reported that permanent roles filled by recruitment companies strengthened at the weakest tempo for five months.

The slide in placements in London actually reflected recruitment issues, as REC's monthly Report on Jobs revealed.

A drop in the number of EU employees coming to work in the UK had drastically worsened a shortage of staff, as REC informed.

Moreover, low-skill roles are also difficult to fill in areas, including warehouses, catering and food processing – sectors, which employ a higher number of folks from the EU than others across the British economy, as REC stressed.

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